1899 Population

The Caddo Herald

April 12, 1899

Population
of Territory Towns (Muscogee Phoenix)

Generally speaking it is estimated that there should be one
voter to every five of the general population of the country. In the Indian
Territory where the population is increasing by the arrival of people from
other states, it is safe to say that the full voting strength cannot be shown
by any election, no matter how diligent the canvass, all the arrivals from
other state of less than on year’s residence being denied the ballot. It
appears that six of the population to one vote is not an unfair estimate for the
towns which held elections on the 4th of this month where the
contest was in a degree interesting. The following record of the total number
of votes furnishes a good value to the population of the towns named, except
those marked (*) in which there was no contest. Several other towns held
elections and the local press record the elections, but fail to mention the
number of votes cost. This is probably
the first opportunity offered for making anything of an approximation of the population
of so many of the principal towns of the Indian Territory.